شکم

Persian

Alternative forms

شکنب (šekanb)
اشکم (eškam)
شیکم (šikam) (dialectal)
کم (kom) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭱𐭪𐭬𐭡 (aškamb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃi.ˈkam/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰäm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰäm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰäm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰʲæm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰäm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šikam
Dari reading^?	šikam
Iranian reading^?	šekam
Tajik reading^?	šikam

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	شکم
Dari	شکم
Tajik	шикам

شکم • (šekam)

Derived terms

شکمی (šekami, “abdominal”)
شکمو (šekamu, “voracious”)
شکم‌گنده (šekam-gonde, “potbellied”)
شکمبه (šekambe, “rumen”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šikam), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭱𐭪𐭬𐭡 (aškamb).

Noun

شکم • (šikam) m (Hindi spelling शिकम)

Related terms

شکمی (šikamī)